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The walk
The walk starts at the car park at Sychpant picnic site, on the side of the Gwaun valley. A path leads east along the valley side to the Gwaun Valley Waterfall viewpoint, then climbs through woods and fields on the north side and out onto open ground to the broad, rocky summit of Mynydd Caregog, 311 m. From the top the views take in Dinas Island and Cardigan Bay, and on a very clear day the Wicklow Hills in Ireland. The way down follows tracks and paths back to the picnic site.
It is 8.4 km with 282 m of ascent; allow about 3 hours. The grade is Moderate: the National Park describes the walk as rugged moorland and steep hill walking.
The top of the hill is open moorland, boggy in places, and the paths are hard to follow in mist. Wear boots, keep dogs under close control, and expect livestock in the fields. A short stretch is on a minor road. The Sychpant car park is marked free in OpenStreetMap.
The National Park lists no public transport for this walk.
Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.
Good to know
- The Gwaun valley was cut as a melt-water channel by retreating glaciers at the end of the Ice Age
- From the broad summit of Mynydd Caregog there are views of Dinas Island and Cardigan Bay, and on a very clear day the Wicklow Hills in Ireland
- Sychpant picnic site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for High Brown Fritillary butterflies
- The National Park Authority is felling the Penlan spruce plantation, planted on moorland in the early 1970s, to restore moor and heathland
Summits on the way
- Mynydd Caregog 311 m · passed close by
Getting there
Start: Sychpant picnic site car park · Free parking. 51.97906, -4.84724
Directions to the start
Places to stay nearby
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line is drawn along OpenStreetMap paths and the figures are worked out from it; take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
